Review: The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

About~ Elena Gilbert’s love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore has been capture and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell’s Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.

In order to find him, she entrust her life to Stefan’s brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and Soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters…

Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?

Back in Fell’s Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only to be caught up in Elena’s most dangerous adventure yet.

My Review~ I love so many things about this book, I don’t know what to start complementing on first.

Well, I guess I could start on how I love that Elena’s character matured. She is no longer the girl who cares about her looks, but instead she cares about her friends, Stefan, and the town of Fell’s Church, and she would do anything to protect them all.

I also love that readers got to see a whole new side of Damon. Readers not only get to see the bad-ass vampire Damon Salvatore, but they also get to see the vampire side of him that cares for Elena and his little brother Stefan.

Speaking of Stefan, as the story went, I started to miss Stefan more and more. I missed how he and Damon fight, I missed how he tells Elena how much he loves her, and I just missed Stefan altogether. He’s an easy character to love.

And as always, I love the fact that the story is told from many different point of views. I also love all the new characters; like Lady Ulma and Sage for example.

But what surprised me the most was the ending. It was never what I would have expected. Not by a long shot. This might be the best book in the series as of yet. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us in the next upcoming book in The Vampire Diaries series. I recommend readers to put this book on their TBR pile pronto.

Plot: ♥♥♥♥♥
Characters: ♥♥♥♥♥
Ending: ♥♥♥♥♥
Cover Art: ♥♥♥♥♥
Pages in Novel: 599
ISBN: 978-0-172081-9
Link to buy Book: Borders, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Other books in the Series: The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle, The Vampire Diaries: The Fury and Dark Reunion, The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall

The Vampire Diaries & Nikita Premieres Tonight!!!

I am so in love with this show. I can't wait till 8:00PM tonight. The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Premiere gives on the CW at 8. This year is going to be the year of the Kat. And to tease you all for tonight, here is The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Promo Trailers. To learn more about The Vampire Diaries, click here to go to their web site. Also if you have not seen season one of The Vampire Diaries but want to see it, you can get it on DVD here. And last but not least here a Description of what the first show to season 2 is about. It's from the CW The Vampire Diaries web site.

"The Return" Picking up on the same night as last season's finale, Elena (Nina Dobrev) arrives home to a nightmare as she discovers Uncle John's and Jeremy's fate. At the hospital, Sheriff Forbes (guest star Marguerite MacIntyre) is comforted by Matt (Zach Roering), Bonnie (Katerina Graham) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) while she waits to hear if Caroline (Candice Accola) will survive the car accident. After a confusing conversation with Elena about the night's events, Damon is the first to realize that Katherine (also played by Nina Dobrev) has returned. Katherine's arrival sends Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon on a path to find out what she wants, why she's back, and how much of a threat she is to the people they love. Meanwhile, still reeling from his father's death, Tyler (Michael Trevino) is surprised when his charming and mysterious uncle, Mason Lockwood (guest star Taylor Kinney, "Trauma"), arrives to console the family.









Also after The Vampire Diaries air, the CW is going to give a brand new show called Nikita. My mom is dying to see this show since she saw both the movie that they made in Canada and the TV that was made before. And out of sheer curiousness, I am going to watch the show with her. Click here to go to the main web site for Nikita. And here's a trailer...







And last but not least here is what the first show is going to be about. I got the Description from the CW Nikita web site.

"Pilot"
When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who trained her as a spy and assassin. Nikita was eventually betrayed by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former boss, Percy and her former friends Michael and Birkhoff that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation. Division continues to recruit and train other young people, among them Jaden and Thom, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex is a beautiful girl with a violent past and a story not so different from Nikita's. The recruits all spend part of their training with Amanda, a master manipulator who can turn any ugly duckling into a swan and any bleeding heart into a killer. Danny Cannon directed the pilot written by Craig Silverstein.

P.S. Sorry if the Videos don't fit the screen. I think if you click them it should take you to YouTube to see it normally. Hope you all enjoy the shows tonight.

Happy Reading (and watching TV)!!!

The Vampire Diaries Season 1 DVD Release Today!!!

OMG, OMG, OMG!!!! I love the Vampire Diaries and I am so glad to say that it's coming out on DVD today. Now sadly I have not seen all the shows to The Vampire Diaries. Out of all the shows in season 1, I have only watched about 5 episodes. But all 5 episodes got me hooked, but I never made the time to watch the whole season. So that's why I am excited to say that it's coming out on DVD today. Which means I am going to be watching all the shows in season 1 as fast as I can before school and season 2 starts. I plan to get it today or tomorrow. The sooner, the better.

Click here to go to The Vampire Diaries website!!!
Click here to watch some Vampire Diaries videos!!!

Happy Reading (or watching The Vampire Diaries on DVD)!!!

Teaser Tuesday: The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

•Grab your current read
•Open to a random page
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
•BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
•Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


The slave owner was not impressed. He was already launching the next whiplash, and it stuck Elena across the cheek and simultaneously opened a great gap in her thin summer top, slicing through her camisole and scoring the flesh underneath. As she gasped, the tail of the whip cut through her jeans as if denim were butter.

Tears formed involuntarily in Elena’s eyes, but she ignored them. She had managed not to make a sound other then that initial gasp. And she still stood exactly where she had first landed in protection. Elena could feel the wind whip at her tattered blouse, while her untouched veil waved behind her, as if to protect the poor slave who had collapsed against the ruined cart.

~Page 219 in The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

Waiting on Wednesday (11)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine.

This week's pick is Origins (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries, #1) by L.J. Smith. Origins hit shelves November 2, 2010.


About~ Set during the Civil War, against a backdrop of grand estates, unimaginable riches, and deadly secrets, three teenagers in Mystic Falls, Virginia enter a torrid love triangle that will span eternity.

Brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore are inseparable until they meet Katherine, a stunning, mysterious woman who turns their world upside down. Siblings turned rivals, the Salvatores compete for Katherine’s affection, only to discover that her sumptuous silk dresses and glittering gems hide a terrible secret: Katherine is a vampire. And she is intent on turning them into vampires so they can live together—forever.

My Thoughts~ This book sounds so good. I am a big fan of The Vampire Diaries and I would get this book in a heart beat. I love the cover but I would love it even more if Stefan had a little bit of blood on his lip like the first Vampire Diaries cover has.

Teaser Tuesday: The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J Smith

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

•Grab your current read
•Open to a random page
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
•BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
•Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


Elena opened her eyes, all her memories of rocks and little children flying away, scattering like white dandelion silk in evey direction. She looked at Damen accusingly.

"You—you—"

"Yes," Damon said composedly. "Blame it on me. Why not? But I did not bite you. I merely kissed you. Your powers did the rest; they may be uncontrollable, but they're extremely compelling all the same. Frankly, I never intended to get sucked in so deeply—if you'll for give a pun."

~Page 31 & 32 in The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

Review: The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith

About~ Elena: The golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.

Stefan: Brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past.

Damon: Sexy, dangerous, driven by the urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determine to have Elena, he’d kill to possess her.

My Review~ This was a review I had set up for a rainy day.

This book was such a roller costar. Elena has so much to deal with. In the beginning of the book, I felt that Elena was kind of a snob. When she first saw Stefan and he was pretending that he didn’t see her, she got so mad. It was kind of like a spoiled brat.

This book reminded me of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer in some ways. The love story between Elena and Stefan is like the love story between Edward and Bella, and how they are madly in love with each other.

The Plot of the story is vary interesting.

It’s quite different from what I thought it would be.

I thought it might be something like a girl who thought she was better than everyone else and she thought not even Stefan or Damon was good enough for her, but my god, how wrong was I? This book was better than anything else I have ever read. Well, at least for the moment. A girl caught between two vampire brothers who despise each other is the best plot ever. I recommend this book to readers, big time.

Plot: ♥♥♥♥
Characters: ♥♥♥
Ending: ♥♥♥♥
Cover Art: ♥♥♥♥
Pages in Novel: 512
ISBN-13: 9780061140976
Link to buy Book: Borders, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Other books in the series: The Vampire Diaries: The Fury and Dark Reunion, The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall, The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls